ix, 611 pages ; 24 cm

From publisher description: With What to Eat, this renowned nutritionist takes us on a guided tour of the supermarket, explaining the issues with verve and wit as well as a scientist's expertise and a food lover's experience. Today's supermarket is ground zero for the food industry, a place where the giants of agribusiness compete for sales with profits, not nutrition or health, in mind. Nestle walks us through the supermarket, section by section: produce, dairy, meat, fish, packaged foods, breads, juices, bottled waters, and more. Along the way, she untangles the issues, decodes the labels, clarifies the health claims, and debunks the sales hype. She tells us how to make sensible choices based on freshness, taste, nutrition, health, effects on the environment, and, of course, price. With Nestle as our guide, we learn what it takes to make wise food choices and are inspired to act with confidence on that knowledge. What to Eat is the guide to healthy eating today: comprehensive, provocative, revealing, rich in common sense, informative, and a pleasure to read

Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-587) and index

The supermarket: prime real estate -- THE PRODUCE SECTION : -- Fruits and vegetables: the price of fresh -- Organics: hype or hope -- Produce: safe at any price -- Genetically modified, irradiated, and politicized ; -- THE DAIRY SECTION : -- Milk and more milk -- Milk: subject to debate -- Dairy foods: the raw and the cooked -- Yogurt: health food or dessert ; -- THE DAIRY SUBSTITUTES : -- Margarine: accept no substitutes -- Margarine: you CAN believe it's not butter -- Soy milk: panacea or just another food ; -- THE MEAT SECTION : -- A range of meaty issues -- Meat: questions of safety -- Meat: organic versus "natural" ; -- THE FISH COUNTER : -- Fish: dilemmas and quandaries -- Fish: the methylmercury dilemma -- The fish-farming dilemma -- The fish-labeling dilemma -- More seafood dilemmas: safety and sustainability ; -- THE CENTER AISLES: COOL AND FROZEN : -- Eggs: the "incredible" edibles -- Eggs and the salmonella problem -- Frozen foods: decoding ingredient lists -- A digression into calories and diets -- Frozen foods: reading nutrition facts ; -- THE CENTER AISLES: PROCESSED : -- Processed foods: wheat flour and the glycemic index -- Sugar(s) -- Cereals: sweet and supposedly healthy -- Packaged foods: health endorsements -- Snack foods: sweet, salty, and caloric -- Foods just for kids -- Oils: fat and more fat ; -- THE BEVERAGE AISLES : -- Water, water everywhere: bottled and not -- "Healthy" drinks: sugared and artificially sweetened -- Teas and coffees: caffeine to eco-labels ; -- THE SPECIAL SECTIONS : -- Infant formula and baby food -- Supplements and health food -- Bread: the bakery -- Prepared foods: salads and more -- Conclusion: taking action ; -- Appendix 1: Food measures: conversion factors -- Appendix 2: Terms used to describe fats and oils in foods

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